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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Tuning: EADGBE
Intro (also played throughout)                                                          x3
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------7/5---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----5\7--------------------------------------------------------------------|
1st verse (spoken) 
E Barre Chords  B /   /      A /   /     B /   /     A /   / .........repeated.
So glad to be here tonight, so good to be home.
And I've got a message I wanna tell everybody here tonight.
Have you ever needed somebody? Somebody you really cared about.
Somebody that would be there when you came home.
Somebody you could talk to about.......your(??????Cant make it out)
Chorus
same chords... B  A  
Everybody needs somebody.
Everybody needs somebody.
Everybody needs somebody.
Somebody to love.
2nd verse
still same chords B... A... B... A...
Somebody to kiss.
Somebody to hold.
Chorus 2
I need you, you, you.(x6) 
I need you.
Drum break...howls....
Verse 3 Chords Barre Chords G#m/Abm & F#/Gb 
Sometimes I feel....soooo bad inside.
??????Can't understand this part.....
repeat chorus 2
and main chord pattern
Let me hear ya say yeah!...yeah!
Solo in B blues scale
howls, mumbles, grumbles ad libs etc.
repeat verse 3 and chorus 2
Solo in B again
speed up, howl and finish in a fury!

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Everybody Needs Somebody To Love

by The 13th Floor Elevators

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Tuning: EADGBE

Intro (also played throughout) x3

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|---------------------------------------7/5---------------------------------|

A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|----5\7--------------------------------------------------------------------|

1st verse (spoken)

E Barre Chords B / / A / / B / / A / / .........repeated.

So glad to be here tonight, so good to be home.

And I've got a message I wanna tell everybody here tonight.

Have you ever needed somebody? Somebody you really cared about.

Somebody that would be there when you came home.

Somebody you could talk to about.......your(??????Cant make it out)

Chorus

B A

same chords...

Everybody needs somebody.

Somebody to love.

2nd verse

B A B A

still same chords ... ... ... ...

Somebody to kiss.

Somebody to hold.

Chorus 2

I need you, you, you.(x6)

I need you.

Drum break...howls....

Verse 3 Chords Barre Chords G#m/Abm & F#/Gb

Sometimes I feel....soooo bad inside.

??????Can't understand this part.....

repeat chorus 2

and main chord pattern

Let me hear ya say yeah!...yeah!

Solo in B blues scale

howls, mumbles, grumbles ad libs etc.

repeat verse 3 and chorus 2

Solo in B again

speed up, howl and finish in a fury!

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